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Under what circumstances would you use a
sequential file over a database? Describe these circumstances. When would a database
be more beneficial than a sequential file? Is it possible for the two types of permanent
storage to be used interchangeably? Explain your answers.

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Preview: ... cess needs to access most (or better still, all) of the file's data, and the order the data is processed ...

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Preview: ... last record in the file, you must read all those that come before. In an RDBMS, records (or "rows" are typically read directly by means of an index.<br><br>When data is stored in a flat file, programming must be developed to retrieve data records of interest, and this code must te ...

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